Shiguaignathus

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Shiguaignathus
Temporal range: Lopingian
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Holotype skull shown from above and below
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Clade: Synapsida
Clade: Therapsida
Clade: Therocephalia
Family: Akidnognathidae
Genus: Shiguaignathus
Liu & Abdala, 2017
Species:
S. wangi
Binomial name
Shiguaignathus wangi
Liu & Abdala, 2017
Skull shown from the sides Shiguaignathus wangi.png
Skull shown from the sides

Shiguaignathus is an extinct genus of therocephalian therapsid that lived in what is now China during the Late Permian. [1] It was found in the Naobaogou Formation and is known from a partial skull. It was found to be a basal member of Akidnognathidae.

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References

  1. Liu, Jun; Abdala, Fernando (2017). "The tetrapod fauna of the upper Permian Naobaogou Formation of China: 1. Shiguaignathus wangi gen. et sp. nov., the first akidnognathid therocephalian from China". PeerJ. 5: e4150. doi: 10.7717/peerj.4150 . PMC   5723136 . PMID   29230374.